Organization: HQ

By James Barrowman “It’s the wrong thing to be doing,” I told the Director of Engineering, trying to head off a last-minute change in our X-ray Timing Explorer (XTE) project.

By Christian Zazzali I build a project a hundred times in my head before we start work on it. I put formal plans into writing, but I also try to work through every scenario I can think of in advance to have everything lined up like dominoes, with all the details in place.

By Dr. Alexander Laufer Research is about discovery. Sometimes, if we let it, research can shake our core beliefs.

By Ed Hoffman On a recent trip to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), I brought home some toys for my children.

By Todd Post The ASK Magazine prototype appeared in January 2001, and was released to a small group of readers, less than a hundred of some of the most reflective project managers we knew at the time.

Starting out as a bench engineer and later serving for a decade as Director of Astrophysics, Dr. Charles (Charlie) Pellerin’s NASA career spanned nearly 30 years.

By Cheryl A. Malloy & William Cooley At Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), Cape Canaveral Office, we’re using a project management tool that facilitates team communication, keeps our project team focused, streamlines work and identifies potential issues.

By Terry Little My experience, both first- and second-hand, has been that people have misused prototyping almost as often as they have used it wisely.

By W. Scott Cameron As I approach my 55th birthday, the “you can’t teach an old dog new tricks” keeps coming to mind.